A Tale of Two Graduates
Mother’s Day is coming late for Elizabeth Reyes, who will celebrate not one but two Southern graduations on May 20: her own and that of her daughter, Angélique Quiñones. The two never had a class...
View ArticleSouthern Student Earns Degree After 45-Year Hiatus
At the time, he was struggling with classes as he was working full time to support his wife and children. “I knew I could handle the academic rigor of the classes if I had the time to focus on them,...
View ArticleIceland Trip: June 6
By Becca Hubley and Jacob Gant Today, our study abroad group arrived at an airport in Iceland at 11:30pm, marking the first day of our two-and-a-half week trip. Rather than getting rest following our...
View ArticleIceland Trip: June 7
By Steve Cardinal Little Antartica Today was a much better day, it’s truly amazing how much better you feel after three hours of much needed sleep!! The adventures we experienced today continued early...
View ArticleIceland Trip: June 8
By Charlie Comstock & Alexa Gorlick From Skaftafell National Park to Berunes After awaking from the longest sleep we intend on getting on the trip, we immediately began to dissemble our twenty...
View ArticleJune 8, 2016
Our recent Commencement ceremonies were a wonderful celebration of all that is best about Southern. As I mentioned during my undergraduate address, nothing has given me more pride during my tenure as...
View ArticleSurfin’ Safari
The surfboard is such a part of American popular culture it is almost folkloric. Think “Surfin’ Safari,” The Beach Boys, “Beach Blanket Bingo,” Gidget, and, more recently, “Lilo and Stitch” and “Blue...
View ArticleIceland Trip – June 9
By Sarah Gummo, Hope Finch, and Grace Skyrrow I had legit chicken nuggets that were lamb. – Charlie Comstock Here are a few important things that Dr. Heidkamp conveniently failed to mention when we...
View ArticleIceland Trip: June 10
A Day in Skálanes Today was the first full day at Skálanes, the day was spent conducting two geographical lab activities. These two activities were “Exercise 7 Reading and Landscape” and “Exercise 8...
View ArticleIceland Trip: June 11
By Kelly Bickell, Becca Hubley, and Luke Explorations Around Skalanes The students are noticing a recurring theme where activities are considerably more extreme than expected. We started the day as...
View ArticleIceland Trip: June 12
By Janee Petersen and Jacob Gant All Work No Play Today was the first time that work dominated the entirety of the day. Many of us were on cooking, dishes, or cleaning duty. This even included cleaning...
View ArticleIceland Trip – June 13
By Steven Cardinal and Miles Mcconville So today marks our halfway mark on our grand adventure in the beautiful Skálanes, Iceland. Today the students of SCSU AND Liverpool John Moores University...
View ArticleIceland Trip – June 15
By Alexa Gorlick This morning we thought it would be a good idea to get the van back, or almost back, to the condition we received it in. Many coins into the vacuum machine later, our efforts were...
View ArticleScience Students Seeking Ways to Hasten TB Test Results
While many college students are enjoying summer recess, a team of science undergraduates from Southern is hitting the lab on a mission to find a faster method to detect tuberculosis. The 10 students –...
View ArticleUrban Ed Fellows Provide Summer Books for Local Youth
Children at New Haven’s Strong School each received a book to call their own and read this summer, courtesy of a fundraising drive organized by a group of students at Southern.The SCSU Urban Education...
View ArticleIceland Trip: A Day in Skálanes
By Hope Finch Today was the first full day at Skálanes, the day was spent conducting two geographical lab activities. These two activities were “Exercise 7 Reading and Landscape” and “Exercise 8 soil...
View ArticleIceland Trip: June 14
By Kelly Bickell, Nic Varley Here’s to the last day with half of the LJMU crew, safe travels to those returning home! The remaining SCSU and LJMU students whom are remaining at the Skálanes farmhouse...
View ArticleIceland Trip: June 17
By Steven Cardinal As our time at Skalanes begins to come to a close, Steve began to recruit some friends for a reindeer stalk to study the animals. As this was a much anticipated event from the group,...
View ArticleIceland Trip: June 17
Icelandic National Day Today we started out early with a hike up to the local sound sculpture known as Tvísöngur, where some of the louder members of our group used its unique construction to speak...
View ArticleIceland Trip: June 18
By Emma Knauerhase, Charles Comstock Today was the last day with our close friends because they left for the U.K from the egilstadir airport. A few of us woke up early to say goodbye to them as they...
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